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Marc,
Here are several sources available online. There is some small
variation in their accounts.
Follow the internal links in the last one.
Cheers,
Jim
In a message dated 2/25/2011 9:08:17 P.M. Central Standard Time,
piolenc@archivale.com writes:
Thanks -
I hadn't seen anything about the Madagascar incident. Can you
point me to
your source?
Best,
Marc
Archivale catalog:
http://www.archivale.com/catalog
Ducted fans:
http://massflow.archivale.com/
Polymath weblog:
http://www.archivale.com/weblog
On 2/26/2011 1:45 AM,
JimToddPsub@aol.com wrote:
> Marc,
> That was the HMAS/Kuttabul/
they sank killing 21 sailors. It was a
> converted ferry. There were
three subs involved. Two subs committed
> suicide and the one that
actually sank /Kuttabul/ also sank, but I don't
> know if that was by
Allied action or not.
> At Madagascar they severely damaged a battleship
and sank an oil tanker.
> Again, none of the midget sub crews
survived.
> Later the Japanese used torpedoes modified to accommodate a
pilot. They
> had some success, and the fate of the pilots was as you
would expect.
>
Jim
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